"&" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& alii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& al."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& cetera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& c."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& hoc genus omne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& iam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& i."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& seq."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& seqq."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& uxor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "& ux."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "&"
      },
      "expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from Latin &",
      "name": "obor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from Latin &",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "siglum",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "&",
      "name": "en-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ampersand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "and"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, page 121",
          "text": "“Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of and."
      ],
      "id": "en-&-en-conj-RafhJwe1",
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ew",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "և"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "u."
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "ϗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "⁊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "& (normally used on translated English names that contain this character, but rarely elsewhere)",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
          "word": "&"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English sigla",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera."
      ],
      "id": "en-&-en-conj-v-j~qo2h",
      "links": [
        [
          "et",
          "et#English"
        ],
        [
          "et cetera",
          "et cetera#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "&"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English conjunctions",
    "English coordinating conjunctions",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English orthographic borrowings from Latin",
    "English sigla",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English words without vowels"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "& alii"
    },
    {
      "word": "& al."
    },
    {
      "word": "& cetera"
    },
    {
      "word": "& c."
    },
    {
      "word": "& hoc genus omne"
    },
    {
      "word": "& iam"
    },
    {
      "word": "& i."
    },
    {
      "word": "& seq."
    },
    {
      "word": "& seqq."
    },
    {
      "word": "& uxor"
    },
    {
      "word": "& ux."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "&"
      },
      "expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from Latin &",
      "name": "obor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from Latin &",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "siglum",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "&",
      "name": "en-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ampersand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "and"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, page 121",
          "text": "“Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of and."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "et",
          "et#English"
        ],
        [
          "et cetera",
          "et cetera#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ew",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "և"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "u."
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "ϗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "⁊"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "& (normally used on translated English names that contain this character, but rarely elsewhere)",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "abbreviation of “and”",
      "word": "&"
    }
  ],
  "word": "&"
}